Comment on Why do people call it “woke”?
meejle@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s from African-American English, from the 1930s! And it’s always had more or less the same meaning – originally “being awake to (aware of) racial discrimination”, but now it’s obviously grown to cover discrimination and inequalities in general.
Would that imply that things that are not “woke” or are “anti-woke” are “asleep”?
Yep! 👍 But don’t forget, these people are also against Antifa, i.e. “anti anti-fascist”. They don’t care how bad the labels sound, as long as they’re making people’s lives miserable.
MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo 2 days ago
You mean anti-fascist, not the double negative? That might be an important typo. 🙂
just_ducky_in_NH@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No typo. OP is saying that “these people” are anti-antiFascists.
MeowWeHaveAProblem@toast.ooo 2 days ago
Your right. I read your post wrong! Sorry.
cecilkorik@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
No that’s quite accurate, they are against antifa. For example, Fox News hates antifa. They regularly call them a terrorist organization, use them as a pejorative or a bogeyman to dismiss protests or opinions. One could reasonably conclude they are very anti-antifa, making them anti-anti-fascist. This is indeed a double negative, which can be confusing and even misleading. If you seek to clarify the situation by removing the “anti-anti-” double negative, what does that make them?
… that’s correct, “fascist”.
Does that clarify things at all? Yes, I think it does. Interesting.
Quexotic@infosec.pub 1 day ago
Personally I don’t see how they keep up with all those different contradictions. It’s very confusing.